No Gambling

There is no gambling or betting or wagering at Eliters. No Cash is involved in all Eliters Tournaments.

The newest US Federal legislation of September 30, 2006 -- H.R.4411 "Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006" Sec. 5362 defines illegal betting or wagering as including "the purchase of a chance or opportunity to win a lottery or other prize (which opportunity to win is predominantly subject to chance)".

All Eliters.com (the Site) tournaments are based predominantly upon the players' skill, not chance.

Although Eliters is not involved in Cash Tournaments, and the distinctions between skill-based games and games of chance are clear, there are a few states within the U.S. that have not yet permitted skill-based games to be played for cash or prizes. Therefore, the following Eligibility terms will be adhered to:

Eligibility (United States)

To open an account and/or participate in any tournament offered on the Site, you must:

a) be a natural person, at least 18 years old, who is assigned to the email address submitted on your account registration form;

b) be a U.S. citizen or resident alien with a U.S. address;

c) be physically located within the U.S.;

d) be physically located in a U.S. state in which participation in the tournament you select on the Site is unrestricted by law; and

e) at all times abide by these Terms and Conditions.

The rules governing sweepstakes, contests, and tournaments with entry fees and/or prizes are set up by each individual state, not by the federal government. Based on these 50 sets of laws, the Site DOES NOT offer games requiring a cash entry fee ("Cash Competitions") to residents of the following states:

Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Vermont.

Additionally, the Site DOES NOT offer card game Cash Competitions if you access the Site from Indiana or Maine. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.

If you open an account and/or participate in any tournament offered on the Site while located in a prohibited jurisdiction, you will be in violation of the law of such jurisdiction and these Terms and Conditions, and subject to having your account suspended or terminated. Additionally, all winnings (if any) may be voided at the sole discretion of the Site.

Eligibility (Non-U.S.)

To open an account and/or participate in any tournament offered on the Site, you must be a natural person, at least 18 years old, who is assigned to the email address submitted on your account registration form. If you are a U.S. resident, make sure you are not from one of the restricted states. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.

Legality and Taxes

You are subject to all laws of the State, Province and/or Country in which you reside and from which you access the Site and are solely responsible for obeying those laws. You agree the Site cannot be held liable if laws applicable to you restrict or prohibit your participation. The Site makes no representations or warranties, implicit or explicit, as to your legal right to participate in any tournament offered on the Site nor shall any person affiliated, or claiming affiliation, with the Site have authority to make any such representations or warranties.

The Site reserves the right to monitor the location from which you access the Site and to block access from any jurisdiction other than the U.S., or any U.S. jurisdiction in which participation is illegal or restricted.

However, you remain solely responsible for paying all federal and other taxes in accordance with the laws that apply in your State, Province and/or Country of residence.

• This Member User Name (ID) will be used to join any League at Eliters.
• All YEPs and US$ balances and transactions for this User Name will be kept in the Member Account.
• All statistics (matches results, Tourney results, streaks, etc) for this User Name will be kept in the Player’s League Account.

The maximum length of Eliters User Name (ID) is 20 Characters, notwithstanding the Play Site ID.

Members may use the following characters in addition to Alpha and Numeric Characters:
- _ . / ( ) @ [ ] * ^ ! { }

Same Name Rule

Eliters has a “Same Name Rule” which requires that your Eliters User Name must match your Play Site (Yahoo!, Pogo, GameDesire) name exactly. Any difference in IDs will be considered a different User Name (Example: balouza is considered as a different ID from _balouza and balouza1). This is done for many reasons but primarily to eliminate confusion.

This Rule applies equally on all Eliters Staff and Players. 

The Tourney Director (TD) must disqualify any Player not using the exact Eliters User Name to play the Tourney: except for the exceptions detailed below.

For this reason, you should always acquire the Play Site name before creating an Eliters account to match.

Please note that each Play Site has its own ID specifications, as follows:

• Yahoo! allows ID of unlimited length in Alpha Numeric Characters as well as underscore _.
• Pogo allows ID of 16 Characters in Alpha Numeric only.
• GameDesire allows ID of 12 Characters in Alpha Numeric as well as the above symbols.

If you intend to play in only one of the above Play Sites, and your Eliters ID does not match the Play Site ID, you must:

• Either acquire the Play Site ID to match your Eliters ID, or;
• If you are a Premium Member; change your Eliters ID to match your Play Site ID, or;
• Create a new User Name in Eliters that matches your current Play Site name.

If you intend to play in more than one of the above Play Sites, you must:

• Acquire the same ID in all Play Sites, then change your present Eliters ID to the new ID, or;
• If you are a Premium Member; you may have a different User Name for each Play Site.

Therefore; if any Member wishes to register in Multiple Sites; they should first create an ID in all Play Sites they may play (or someday play). For example, if someone wishes to play in the 3 Play Sites Eliters presently serves, the ID should be limited to 12 Alpha Numeric Characters in length. This will abide by all Play Sites restrictions and allow the ID to be identical in every Eliters League.

If you wish to maintain a different ID in each Play Site, it will be required that you have 3 separate Premium IDs in Eliters. This will require 3 Premium Memberships and each Eliters ID will have a different set of Stats. For this reason alone, we suggest you obtain a unique ID in all Play Sites prior to changing your Eliters ID or, for our new Members, prior to creating an Eliters ID. This will save any additional expense for more than one Premium Membership.

Same Name Rule Exceptions

In order to help our valued Members defray any additional expense, and only in very exceptional cases, under certain circumstances the rule may be relaxed as follows:

• Special Events Tourneys: Special Tourneys such as “costume party” Tourneys (Halloween Tourneys for example); the TD will announce in the tourney rules that Special Name is permitted. Players should register under their Eliters names and use the “costume” name in the Play Site; only during this Tourney. The “costume” ID should incorporate part of your Eliters name so you can be identified. Therefore, Players should make sure their opponents know who they are, and are playing the proper opponent.
   
• Pogo Olympics: Due to the restrictions of some Pogo games being played; that are for Club Pogo Members, and to allow our “non-Club Pogo” Members to participate more fully in the Eliters Pogo Olympics, a new Pogo ID name similar to their Eliters name may be created each month. This will allow other Club Pogo Members to gift another Member a “Guest Pass” in Pogo in order for the Member to play in Club Pogo games during Eliters Pogo Olympics. The newly created Pogo ID must match the first Eliters ID characters exactly, excluding any underscore, hyphen or other symbol already allowed by Pogo, and replace the last Alpha Numeric character with a single letter/number so that it adheres to the 16-character requirement for Pogo IDs. Players may only use this newly created temporary ID in the Club Pogo Only games Olympics and must post the newly made ID on Eliters Messenger on the Club Pogo Only Olympic Tourney page. This MUST be done to inform both the TD and other Members of the ID they are using in Pogo rooms during the Olympics.
   
• Members booted during a Tourney and not allowed to return with the correct name: Occasionally, a Play Site will not allow a Player to enter/re-enter with his/her original ID. If this occurs during Tourney play and the Player is able to return with a different name; the TD may allow this for the remainder of the Tourney only. Discretion is allowed by the TD only if the TD is firmly convinced it is the same person. The decision of the TD is final and not appealable.
  
  
• Beginning Tourney with wrong name: Many of our Members have different IDs for different Leagues, and may inadvertently begin a Tourney with the wrong name. In such a case the TD should go to the room/table where the match is being contested, offer the opponent the option of finishing the match or requiring the wrong-name Player to begin a new match with the correct name. In either event, the Player MUST return with the correct name before starting any subsequent match, and if he/she does not do so, the TD should start a clock and inform the Player that he/she will be timed out.
  
  
• Long Term Banning: When an Eliters Member is banned from a Play Site permanently, or for several years, s/he should immediately acquire a new Pay Site ID and change their current Eliters ID using the Change ID link on the Members My Account page, to match the new ID. The Member may change Their Eliters ID back as soon as the Play Site removes the Ban. The only exception to this case; Players registered in a long-term Event (EDS, Weekly Tourney, Olympics or ELIC) will be allowed to play with the new ID while keeping the Eliters ID until the Event is over. In this case, the Member must post the newly acquired ID on the Tourney page EM to inform both the TD and the other Members of the ID they are using.
  
  
• SFTDs and Pogo PSTDs: Due to the restrictions of being in one Pogo Room at a certain time, and to allow our SFTDs and Pogo PSTDs to access two rooms simultaneously to monitor their Tourneys in different Leagues, they will be allowed to use a second Pogo ID (Secondary ID); to be identical to the current Eliters ID (Primary ID) and adding the Letter T at the end of the Primary ID, or replacing the last Character in the Primary ID if already 16, by the Letter T. This Secondary ID should never be registered in Eliters, and may only be used in case the SFTD or the Pogo PSTD needs to be in 2 Pogo Rooms at the same time. However, the SFTD or PSTD may stay in a certain Room with the Secondary ID, as long as necessary, even if the Primary ID is not used anymore.

Should you notice that a Player is playing under the wrong name, please bring this to the attention of the TD. Any TD should follow this up themselves and then take any appropriate actions as they see fit.

ID Removal

Your User Name will be removed in the following cases:

• If it contains profanity, sexual innuendo, or is offensive to others.
• If it is judged abusive to another Member.
• If it is found to be too similar to an existing Member’s. If you are a Premium Member, you will be afforded the option of changing your Eliters ID.

Eliters reserves the right to purge, remove, ban, or withdraw without notice, any Member proved to be violating the rules, including but not limited to:

• Cheating.
• Abuse of the system.
• Exchanging password, or allowing others to use their ID, or using other Members IDs.
• Being associated with a banned ID.
• Attacking or trying to damage Eliters.
• Harassment to other Members.

Related Help Topics

Change ID - Elite User Name Change
Family Members and Housemates
Multiple IDs - Premium Members
Multiple IDs - Guests

Premium Members may change their Elite User Name (ID) after one week of the last change. You may change your User Name at Change ID.

Your Eliters ID must match your Play Site (Yahoo!, Pogo) name exactly. For this reason, you should always acquire the play site name before changing your Eliters ID to match.

User Names may not be changed:

• If the ID was withdrawn or banned or removed for any reason.
• If the ID was changed in the past 7 days.
• If the Member is registered or playing in a Tourney or Challenge.
• If the Member is a TD and has an unfinished Tourney.
• If the New ID is already registered or taken. This is why you will not be able at any time to merge 2 IDs even if they are used in 2 different Leagues or Play Sites.

By changing to a new ID, the following actions will be taken:

• Your Summary Player Stats (Tourneys, Victories, Matches) at each League will be transferred to the new ID.
• Your Summary TD Stats (Position, Tourneys Hosted, Total Players Participation) at each League will be transferred to the new ID.
• Your Previous Achievements in the Book or Records at each League, and in the Hall of Fame, will be transferred to the new ID.
• Your Already Awarded Badges, will be transferred to the new ID.
• Your Premium Membership, YEPs Balance and US Dollar Balance will be transferred to the new ID.
• Your Detailed Transactions and Records of Tourney, Matches and YEPs will be DELETED.
• Your Stats towards achieving a Badge, if not awarded yet, will remain under the Old ID and you have to work your way again towards achieving a Badge.
• You will lose the right to play in the upcoming TOC, or MDC, or Invite Tourneys, or Events, if earned in the old ID.
• Your old Eliters ID will continue to be Reserved in our system for 2-3 months, and you won't be able to access it.

Eliters recognizes that in many cases more than one family member (or two or more people who share a household or an office) may have an Elite User Name on the same computer or at separate computers sharing networked Internet access. Also, sometimes people who work together or play out of Internet clubs and such may share network access. We welcome such extended participation, but certain rules must be adhered to:

• Users sharing a single computer or network or IP address are not permitted to enter or play in the same Tournament. Basically, this means that if, for instance, you log on to Elite from a friend’s house; you cannot both compete in the same tournament.



• Family members or those sharing a household may not enter the same Tournament as Partners in a PS (Player Select). However, if they are not using the same computer or network or IP address, they may enter the same Tournament as Single Separate Players (1x1 or 1x3) or with other Partners (2x2), and might even be partnered in an SS (System Select) Tournament.



• Each family member should have a separate Elite ID. They may not share the same ID. In this case, 2 active IDs might be using the same computer, and this requires them to notify the VP Member Relations by submitting a Ticket using the Category Accounts >> UserName, so they will not be considered as violating the above rule.

While we understand that such activity is usually innocent in nature, we nevertheless must be vigilant that individuals seeking an “edge” not be allowed to play multiple IDs off against each other to increase the chances of a tournament win. Therefore, all players are expected to follow the above policy, and repeated violations will result in summary banning of ALL Members involved, whether they meet each other in the tourney or not.

Premium Members are allowed to have as many Elite IDs as they want. However, it is not permitted to maintain more than ONE active ID playing at the same League (Game / PlaySite - Example: Backgammon / Yahoo!).

Exceptions to the above:

• A Premium Member may use 2 different Elite IDs in the same League, one as a TD and one as a Player. However, they cannot register to play using both IDs in the same Tourney.

• Each family member should have a separate Elite ID. They may not share the same ID. In this case, 2 active IDs might be using the same computer, and this requires them to notify the VP Member Relations by submitting a Ticket using the Category Accounts >> UserName, so they will not be considered as violating the above rule.

• Premium Members who run out of YEPs (YEPs balance below 50 YEPs) and choose not to purchase another Premium Membership, are creating new IDs so that they may continue playing tournaments. This is acceptable, as long as they have the Premium ID fully dormant and only 1 active Guest ID.

Any Member violating the above rules by attempting to maintain more than one active ID in the same League will be given the option to withdraw one of the IDs, otherwise the Admin will decide, at its own discretion, which ID to purge from that specific League.

Any Premium Member violating the above rules by attempting to create and maintain excessive numbers of IDs will be considered cheating and will be banned permanently from Eliters, all Stats will be deleted, including YEPs and US$ account, and will be charged with all YEPs earned illegally and damages caused.

Please remember that you cannot merge any IDs, and you cannot change your ID to another ID already registered in Eliters even if it belongs to you. This is why it is advisable to try first to acquire the same ID in all Play Sites then change your present Eliters ID to this new ID before joining a League in the new Play Site.

Guest Members are not permitted to maintain more than one ID to be used in all Leagues. This means that no additional ID will be allowed if the Guest cannot get the same name in all Play Sites.

At the same time, Guest Members who run out of YEPs and choose not to purchase a Premium Membership are creating new IDs so that they may continue playing tournaments.

Because excessive ID creation leads to a strain on the database and YEPs inflation, Eliters does not allow possession of multiple IDs by the same person. If you create a new ID to get more YEPs, you must withdraw your previous ID. Multiple IDs are subject to purging without warning. You may lose ALL your IDs if you play more than one of them actively.

IMPORTANT: For this reason, when a family member or friend or colleague creates an ID on your computer or on a shared ISP account, you must contact the VP Member Relations by submitting a Ticket using the Category Accounts >> UserName, and request an exemption from this rule. The VP Member Relations at his own discretion may grant exemption up to a maximum of 3 exemptions.

Any Guest Member violating the above rules by attempting to create and maintain excessive numbers of IDs will be banned permanently from Eliters, all Stats will be deleted, including YEPs and US$ account, and will be charged with all YEPs earned illegally and damages caused.

All members are required to provide Eliters with a functional Email address, so we may contact them on any matter related to their Elite Membership. 

Eliters will not sell or rent Email addresses to anyone. We keep these addresses solely so that Elite Administration can contact members when needed, especially to announce for Events or for special offers and bonuses.

Members are required to update their email whenever there is a change. It is to the Member’s advantage to keep his/her email updated because: 

• Otherwise s/he will not be able to request a lost password, as the password will be sent automatically to the email registered at Eliters 
• S/he will not be able to receive any Admin communication, notifications of special events, or support messages. 

The use of a false, inaccurate, or expired email address will result in:

• For Guest Members, purging of the account without notice. 
• For Premium Members, if it is necessary to send a warning notice to any premium member and the notice is returned as undeliverable, this will result in an immediate freeze of the Member Account. 

In order to continue to maintain our streamlined database, Guest Memberships will expire if the Guest is inactive for 90 or more days. The expiration will result in freezing the Membership. However, the Member ID, Stats and YEPs balance will remain in the database for an additional 90 days to allow the Member to upgrade to a Premium Membership.  If, after the above time limits, the Member has failed to upgrade his/her Membership,  the Member ID will be purged completely.
 
Guest Members that have been purged by inactivity, may register again using the same purged ID.

Premium Members (Silver, Gold, Platinum or Diamond) will never be purged for inactivity and, so long as they continue to maintain their Premium Membership, they will have their complete stats available to be reinstated as soon as they become active again.

However, in order not to overload the Database with inactive Players, Members will be removed from any League if they have 0 Matches played after 3 Months of joining the League, or Less than 20 Matches in their Stats, and were inactive in that League for 12 Months. They may re Join any League anytime later.

The above rules do not apply in the case of Banned or Expelled Members for any reason including Rules violations or use of Multiple IDs – the Member IDs will lose all accounts balances and benefits as well as Player’s Stats and will never be allowed to re register.

Members may need to withdraw their ID completely from Eliters. This could be for a multiple of reasons, including the need to clear the way for registering a new ID without being considered having Multiple IDs.

All Members will be allowed to withdraw their membership from Eliters anytime, if they are not registered or still playing in a Tourney.

Withdrawing will result in Freezing the Membership and losing all Player Stats, Premium Membership benefits, and YEPs and US$ balances. However, the Member ID will remain in the database but may not be used again.

Eliters may consider, in exceptional cases, reinstatement of Premium Members, against a charge of 2000 YEPs.

Players may also need to withdraw from a specific League, either because they do not intend to play in that League anymore, or to have a fresh start in that League, or to keep his/her ID just in active Leagues.

Eliters is proud to offer you rewards for your support of the League and your proficiency at Tournaments; you will have a visible and valuable marker of this.

You can use YEPs mainly to pay the fees required to join any Elite Tournament in any League. Read more on What to do with YEPs?

All Members have access to their detailed YEPs Log at this site. The YEPs Transactions may be filtered:

• By League
• By Tourney ID (EDS ID, Regular Tourney ID, Mini ID or Challenge ID = 1, Other or Gold Box = 0)
• By Transaction Group (All, Tourneys, Challenges, EDS, Hosting, and Other)
• By Debit and Credit amounts (YEPs IN and OUT)

• YEPs have no Cash value.
  
  
• YEPs cannot be transferred between Members, except:
  
  
  • From TDs to Members as Tournament Bonuses.
  • From Admin to TDs as TD Bonuses.
  • From All Premium Members to Guest Members to Refill their account.
  • Monthly allowed Transfers from Platinum and Diamond Members to Other Members.
    
    
• YEPs are forfeited in the event your account is purged, removed, or withdrawn.
  
  
• YEPs are forfeited if you are caught cheating in Tournaments or in the YEPs program.
  
  
• Eliters reserves the right to forfeit or confiscate any YEPs acquired illegally or through systems error.
  
  
• Eliters reserves the right to cancel or modify the terms of this program at any time without prior notice or authorization. The current rules will always be found on this page. 
  

Caution:The solicitation of YEPs or Membership from other Eliters, whether in the lobbies, game tables, or by IM/email, is expressly forbidden. This makes the Member being solicited very uncomfortable. Occasional, “joking” references will be overlooked.

• You can select the Club you wish to check from a Drop Down List; also you may check all Leagues Clubs using one click.
• On the main Club page, you are proivided with a Message List showing the Message number, the subject, the author, and date.
• You may Post a New Message or Replay to another Message with one click, the message will show your ID, and if it is a reply to another message the author and number of this message.
• You can Delete the message after posting it, and type a new one.
• You can Search for any message using the Message Number.
• You can Search all messages for a Keyword or Multiple Keywords.
• You can see a list of all or Direct Replies to the message.

• Posts containing profanity and/or lewd or suggestive language.
  
  We are not going to delete posts because somebody says “damn”, but we will not allow vile and offensive displays of gutter language.
  
  
• Posts containing negative comments regarding specific individuals or groups.
  
  There are always at least two sides to an issue, and no reader of any post can be assumed to be acquainted with the intricacies of the issues raised.
  
  For this reason, civility alone dictates that there be no “finger-pointing”.
  
  If you have a problem with a TD, you should write to the League’s HA, and if the matter is not resolved at the League level, you may report it to the Staff Relations Director.
  
  If you have a problem with another Elite Member, you should write to VP Member Relations.
  
  At no time should such issues be aired in a public forum, it is unfair to those accused and disruptive of our goals as a League, which include attempting to resolve all disputes as fairly and unemotionally as possible.
  
  In a related vein, we will have to delete all posts defending other Members or trying to counter an attack on another individual. While we understand that it can be frustrating to see accusations of misbehaviour directed at friends you believe to be honorable, the Clubs cannot be a forum for the defense of individuals, because it is inconsistent with the rule that we cannot attack individuals. Also, it is our experience that such defenses frequently backfire by further publicizing the accusation itself.
  
  
• Posts announcing withdrawals or resignations.
  
  Posts announcing withdrawals or resignations in the General Club will be deleted. If someone has personal issues that prevent them from playing or hosting and wants to post in the league they are involved, without pointing fingers or attacking anyone, that will be allowed. 
   
  This Club does not exist to indulge our egos. It is not possible to make everyone happy all the time. If you are unhappy for any reason, there are channels to go through, and you will be heard. 
   
  Any Club message by any Member announcing his/her withdrawal/resignation publicly, attacking anyone or setting forth a personal agenda, and any replies to such messages will be deleted.
  
  
• Posts containing advertising or solicitation or links to other sites.
  
  This should be self-explanatory. We do not want our clubs to be inundated with commercial or quasi-commercial spams, nor do we think it is constructive to allow our members to solicit funds from each other publicly, no matter how worthy the cause.
  
  Since we cannot investigate all Sites or Products to judge their safety and seriousness, or check all solicitations to judge their "respectability", we allow none.

Eliters was founded with the specific goal of establishing a league that was governed by principles of civility and good sportsmanship. We take the maintenance of these standards very seriously, as this is what sets us apart from other established leagues on the Net. Friendly people and clean fun is what Eliters is all about. There are other leagues better suited to aggressive, in-your-face play and behavior.

Our tournament Directors and other Staff are specifically instructed to take as a high priority the maintenance of discipline in our game lobbies and at our game tables. By far the majority of our players have gravitated to us because they have learned that they can rely on Eliters to keep them from being subjected to aggressive, boorish behavior and unsportsmanlike conduct.

Accordingly, the first principle of Eliters is:

Players are expected to conduct themselves in a civil manner and treat all others with respect. Failure to do so is cause for disqualification from a Tourney. Repeated unacceptable behavior is cause for removal from the League.

In a general sense, this is what we expect of all Elite Members and Staff: 

• Members are expected to read and abide by Eliters policy regarding multiple IDs.
  
  
• Obscene language and aggressive trash talking are unacceptable in Eliters.
  
  
• Personal attacks, or the taunting/denigration of members, league or staff are unacceptable.
  
  
• Any harassment of or vocal, public dispute with Eliters staff is unacceptable. TD decisions are final and not open to dispute on the spot. There are channels for the advancement of complaints: any TD will tell you how to use them.
  
  
• Any abuse of Eliters Messenger is unacceptable. Eliters Messenger is for factual tournament communication only, not for chatting or arguing with the TD. If you think the TD has made an error, or are unhappy with anything else, then IM the TD, or call him to a table.
  
  
• The solicitation of YEPs or Membership from other Eliters, whether in the lobbies, game tables, or by IM/email, is expressly forbidden. This makes the Member being solicited very uncomfortable. Occasional, “joking” references will be overlooked.
  
  
• Delay or obstruction of tournament play is not acceptable: players must be on time and must contest their tourney matches expeditiously.
  
  
• Players are expected to be familiar with all Eliters tournament general rules and game-specific rules of the leagues in which they are registered, and to abide by these rules.
  
  
• Players are expected to promptly report all matches they have lost to the tourney page.
  
  
• Any form of cheating is cause for immediate banishment from Eliters. Any attempt to participate in any Tournament or Game offered on Eliters or any associated Play-Sites by means of automatic, macro, programmed, computer-assisted or similar methods, or to otherwise commit fraud with regard to the Site, will result in civil and/or criminal prosecution, termination of your account, and forfeiture of any account balances and all prizes to which you may have been otherwise entitled to.

An extensive list of categories of unacceptable behavior can be found at the List of Violations Help Topic.

A discussion of the penalties for such violations can be found at the Rules Enforcement Help Topic. 

It is in the best interests of all Eliters, staff and players alike, that we have consistent and logical enforcement of all rules including the Code of Conduct.

Accordingly, we have defined around 50 different categories of rules violations, ranging from such inadvertent problems as No Show in tourneys up to actual, verifiable cheating by players. For each category we have specified a series of enforcement actions that should be undertaken by League and/or Corporate Management.

The ultimate penalty for any repeated violation of League policies and rules would be the termination of the member's account. However, the system provides several notification levels before this happens, beginning with just a "Note on File" and progressing through "Tourney Disqualification", "Final Warning", and various amounts of time in the "Penalty Box", to outright termination "Purge" of account in extreme cases.

Please remember that no action is taken on many violations; especially harassment unless there is documented proof of the violation; using screen shots that must be attached to the Note.

Penalties imposed by TDs during tourneys

Note on file
Verbal warning
Time out
Disqualification

Penalties imposed by the VP Member Relations

1st warning
2nd warning
3rd warning
Final warning
Penalty box/League 3 Days
Penalty box/League 7 Days
Penalty box/League 14 Days
Penalty box/All 3 Days
Penalty box/All 7 Days
Penalty box/All 14 Days
Kick from League
Purge from Elite
Ban ID
Ban user

Guest Members may not be sent any warnings, depending on the gravity of the violation; they might be subjected to the higher penalty on the first occurrence.

There are two types of penalty box: "League" and "All". League boxes will be used for most offenses, in terms of 3, 7 or 14 days. A player in the League penalty box will be barred from registering in any tournaments hosted by that particular League, but will still be able to participate in tournaments in other Elite Leagues. Players in the all-Leagues penalty box, of course, will be unable to participate in any Eliters tournaments as long as they are boxed.

A complete list of violations follows; they cover all Elite Rules including the Code of Conduct Rules.

Please note that not all violations will use the full range of warnings/penalty listed at the Enforcement of Rules Help Topic. Actual enforcement is at the discretion of the VP Member Relations, and will depend upon the severity and frequency of violations, and the provision of documented proof of the violation; using screen shots that now must be attached to the Note.

Harassed Players - Arguing or Fighting in Lobby
Harassed Players - Cussed Opponent during Game
Harassed Players - Disrupted Other Players
Harassed Players - Publicly Accused Others
Harassed Players - Sent Disruptive IMs
Harassed Players - Used Foul Language
Harassed Players – Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Multiple Bad Votes from Other Players
Harassed TD - Attacked TD or other Staff
Harassed TD - Booted TD from Table
Harassed TD - Complaints and Argument in Lobby
Harassed TD - Discussed Elite Rules in Lobby
Harassed TD - Disputed TD Ruling in Lobby
Harassed TD - Disrupted TD Performing his Job
User Name - Does Not Match Play Site
User Name - Multiple IDs
User Name - Used 2 Play Site IDs
User Name - Similar ID to Another Player
Tourney Play - Failed to Post Loss on EM
Tourney Play - Abused Eliters Messenger
Tourney Play - Late Arrival
Tourney Play - No Show
Tourney Play - Broke Game-Specific Rules
Tourney Play - Suspicious Playing Pattern
Tourney Play - Kibitzed
Tourney Play - Forced Forfeit
Tourney Play - Intentionally Lost
Tourney Play - Claimed False Win
Tourney Play - Failed to Finish 3rd Game of RR
Tourney Play - Left before Game/Match was over
Tourney Play - Didn't Report Loss
EDS - False Report
EDS - Avoiding to Play Matches
Slow Play - Not Accepting Invites
Slow Play - Lagging/Freezing
Slow Play - Repeated Disconnections
Slow Play - Intentional Delay
Membership - Excessive Multiple IDs
Membership - Use of Inappropriate User name
Membership - Wrong email
Membership - Suspicion of illegal use of ID
Membership - Improper Posts or Use of Clubs
Membership - Attacked other Players in Club
Membership - Attacked Elite Admin in Club
Membership - Solicitation of YEPs or membership
Membership - Responded Inappropriately to League email
Membership - Abuse of System
Membership - Public Attack of Elite Management
Membership - Public Attack of EliteLeague